Star Trek actor William Shatner will guest host Have I Got News For You in an edition of the BBC satirical quiz that sees Charlie Brooker and Andy Hamilton join regular hosts Paul Merton and Ian Hislop.

TV preview:
Ross Noble joins
Ian Hislop and
Paul Merton on Have I Got News For You on BBC1, while over on Channel 4 The Ricky Gervais Show sees
Karl Pilkington share his fantasy design for a perfect creature.

Missing tapes for Ian Hislop’s Scouting For Boys show have been returned A good “scout” has returned the tapes for Ian Hislop’s new programme, Scouting For Boys, after they went missing at the start of this week. Television Production Company Takeaway Media promised a £250 reward to find the tapes of a new BBC Four […]

Ian Hislop has edited satirical news magazine Private Eye for the past 20 years, where he has become one of the most sued men in Britain. He is also a regular face on hit BBC comedy panel show Have I Got News For You, in which he has been a team captain since the programme started in 1990. The Private Eye Annual is in shops now. There is an Evening With Private Eye held at London's National Theatre on Friday.